Articles Tagged ‘Werner Herzog’
Les Blank passes away
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSBAFTA-winning documentarian Les Blank (pictured), the director behind films such as Burden of Dreams and In Heaven There is No Beer, has died at the age of 77.
Awards round-up: IDA, BIFA, LA, Boston winners
FILMThe Gatekeepers (pictured) triumphs with LA critics, while The Imposter wins in London, Searching for Sugar Man scores IDA victories, and How to Survive a Plague lands praise from Bostonians.
Herzog to lead masterclass at Rio’s 4+1 fest
FILM / PEOPLE NEWSFilmmaker Werner Herzog (pictured) is to attend the 4+1 Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, where he will lead a masterclass on “the collective agitation of the mind” on November 22.
TIFF ’12: First look at “The Act of Killing”
FILMCheck out an extended, provocative trailer for Joshua Oppenheimer’s anticipated TIFF doc The Act of Killing (pictured), which challenges self-professed mass murderers to recreate and act out their war-time atrocities.
ID, ZDF onboard Herzog’s “Hate in America”
TVU.S. cable net Investigation Discovery has commissioned Hate in America, a new series from director Werner Herzog (pictured) looking at “disturbing aspects” of American society, and ordered a second season of On Death Row.
TIFF ’12: Powers predicts doc sales slew
FILMTIFF doc programmer Thom Powers is predicting an increase in the number of doc deals done at the Toronto festival this year, with The Act of Killing (pictured), a doc backed by both Werner Herzog and Errol Morris, among the hot tips.
MIPTV 2012: ZDFE pens Euro deals for Herzog’s “Death Row”
FILM / TVGerman distributor ZDF Enterprises has completed deals in Cannes to sell Death Row, the four-part series from director Werner Herzog (pictured), to broadcasters in Italy, Poland, Holland and Belgium.
George Rivas, subject of forthcoming Herzog doc, executed in Texas
FILM / TVGeorge Rivas, a man interviewed by Werner Herzog (pictured) for the director’s upcoming four-part series On Death Row, has been executed in Texas.
Hot Docs’ Bloor Cinema to re-open in March
FILMThe refurbished Toronto theater (pictured) will open its doors on March 14, with an opening slate that includes recent doc hits such as Being Elmo, Fightville and Sound It Out, alongside classic efforts such as Grizzly Man, The Thin Blue Line and When We Were Kings.
Herzog and Macdonald premiering doc projects at Berlinale
FILMKevin Macdonald’s Marley, examining the life and times of reggae legend Bob Marley, and Death Row from Werner Herzog (pictured) will be appearing at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival in February.
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Realscreen Summit 2013 - Thinkfactory Media\'s Leslie Greif at the Factual Drama panel